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...seems a bit late, if not disingenuous, for a Central American politician to experience that epiphany in 2009. The real problem, says Lobo, is "our utter lack of vision about who we are and how to order ourselves." Ever since its Maya glory ended a millennium ago, Central America has been little more than a vulnerable land bridge whose political tragedies are matched only by its natural disasters: earthquakes, volcanoes and hurricanes such as Mitch, whose floods almost wiped Honduras off the map in 1998. Honduras has yet to really recover from that calamity - and a presidential election held under...
...India - including its villages - needs cities that work. Ramanathan, for one, is trying to organize neighborhood-watch committees in Mumbai, an effort slowed considerably by the resistance of the local police. To revitalize India's cities, the country needs a new vision of itself - and a government committed to the hard work of making it real...
...somber, deeply affecting performance). The wasteland that surrounds them--the sun's fire extinguished, the forests burning--makes forcing someone you love to endure it seem like a selfish act. "I don't want to just survive," the Woman tells the Man, and The Road creates such a seamless vision of misery that it persuades you she was right. See it if you have the strength, but if your friends turn you down, arm yourself with a stiff drink on the way in; fortification is needed...
...Qaeda but executed by the Taliban. The war has brought their causes closer together, he says. "Now the real Taliban is no different from the real al-Qaeda. They are not a bunch of hungry guys fighting because al-Qaeda is paying them. They will never accept our vision of a stable, democratic Afghanistan...
...year-old Khazei offers a strong vision for success in the Senate, channeling the energy of activist groups and private-sector policy incubators while dedicating himself to the laborious task of building legislative coalitions,” wrote the Globe...